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Retro 50s 60s See other Retro 50s 60s Articles Title: Jack Kerouac: 30 Cool Writing Tips Jack Kerouac was one of those writers who reinvented literature. He climbed in James Joyces stream of consciousness car then careened down the streets of Beat poetry and the alleyways of Bebop jazz, creating such novels as The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, and the landmark On the Road. He influenced countless writers and, some say, helped usher in the 1960s counter-culture movement. Fellow writers were always asking Kerouac how he did what he did. So Kerouac set down 30 essentials in something he called Belief and Technique for Modern Prose. These tips may or may not make sense to you, but thats Kerouac, man: Poster Comment: Hip.
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#1. To: Deasy (#0)
There must be a rule that you can't comment on a book unless you have read it all. I am breaking that rule. I ploughed through bout half, and realized I was wasting my time. I had, as a teen, hitched fifteen thousand miles, and this book was junk. The guy was living the life of people who need to change their life as not to steal from what the goodness society was trying to provide him with. So the guy writes about him hitching around, playing cards in cheap hotels and drinking cheap wine with cheap girl friends, not working and not having any money and being cold and hungary and this is great Lit???? Crap - it was the common reality of 70% of Americans in the 1950's. I put this right up with Andy Whorhal's (sp) soup can "masterpiece".
Thanks for posting this Deasy!
Don't let it get you down. "All the people dreaming, and the immensity of it..."
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